UNIVERSITY DRIVE GRAPPLES WITH HEAVY THEMES ON SECOND ALBUM ‘CLEAR’
This spring, Scranton alternative rock band University Drive released "Clear," its ambitious follow-up to the debut album, "On/Off: Reset." With a set of songs that delve deep into the themes of death...
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LA FILMMAKER PENS TWISTED LOVE LETTER TO SCRANTON IN ‘HOMETOWN BOYS’
Filmmaker Jamie Sutor lives in Los Angeles, the film capital of the world, but when it came time to make his next movie, he chose a much less glamorous setting: Scranton. "Right off the bat, I alwa...
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BOB LEWIS, WITH MEGAN PALMER, RETURNS TO WILKES-BARRE
Bob Lewis and Megan Palmer got together like a lot of Nashville musicians do. "I just came here on a trip, played some gigs and was thrilled to even be talking to the people in town that I got to b...
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ENGLISHTOWN PROJECT RECREATES CLASSIC 1977 GRATEFUL DEAD, NEW RIDERS & MARSHALL TUCKER CONCERT
Tribute bands are commonplace, but the Englishtown Project might just be one of a kind: a group that pays tribute to one particular concert. The group, formed by guitarist and singer Michael Falzarano...
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STRAND OF OAKS LOOKS BACK ON EVE OF RETURN TO WILKES-BARRE
After his breakthrough album "HEAL" and its 2017 follow-up, "Hard Love," Tim Showalter, who performs as Strand of Oaks, was spent. "I pretty much stopped," Showalter tells Highway 81 Revisited. "An...
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KALI MA AND THE GARLAND OF ARMS PLOT FIRST TOUR, WORKING ON SECOND ALBUM
In a Northeastern Pa. music scene dominated by hard rock, jam bands and post-punk, Kali Ma and the Garland of Arms stand out. "Well, one of the reactions we get is, if you can picture the facial ex...
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WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS FINDS COMFORT IN SONGWRITING DURING PERSONAL TURMOIL
William Fitzsimmons was once asked by a TV and film music supervisor if he had any songs that didn't have the word "love" or "heart" in them. "I don't think I actually have any!" the singer-songwri...
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DAVID BOWIE KEYBOARDIST: ‘I’M REALIZING HE WAS A GENIUS’
When David Bowie hired New York keyboardist Mike Garson in 1972, the deal was Garson, who was unfamiliar with Bowie’s music when he got the call would do the final eight weeks of the Ziggy Stardust T...
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ACE OF CUPS MAKE NYC DEBUT IN SUPPORT OF DEBUT ALUBM — 50 YEARS AFTER THEY STARTED
It took 50 years, but Ace of Cups have finally released their debut album and made their way to New York City. The all-female act was an important player in the San Francisco Summer of Love scene a...
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GUITAR MASTER MARTY FRIEDMAN BRINGS ‘TOKYO ENERGY’ TO NYC
When you think of Japanese culture, you probably don't picture a long-haired, American heavy metal guitar god. But six-string virtuoso Marty Friedman, who moved to Tokyo from the U.S. 15 years ago, ha...
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